Does the MXD Defrag program still exist in ArcGIS 10?
[GIS] Optimizing ArcGIS Desktop performance using MXD Defrag
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Export Map Document to PDF is now included in the arcpy.mapping module
Pith of code sample from Esri KB How To: Export map documents to PDF using Python:
for mxd in mxd_list:
current_mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(os.path.join(ws, mxd))
pdf_name = mxd[:-4] + ".pdf"
arcpy.mapping.ExportToPDF(current_mxd, pdf_name)
For a more extended Toolbox example see Export MXD to PDF courtesy of @bteranUFA
This answer is a working progress.
I aim to do some of my own benchmarks with some Esri sample datasets and also gather stats from external sources.
From the GISWorx link:
From the Esri UK link: (Although this relates to the optimisers pointing out potential problems with choices in authoring stage e.g. use of maplex)
Best Answer
The MXD Defrag program is installed (on my Win 7 machine) here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\Tools\DocDefragmenter.exe
Just a couple of things I've changed so far - In the Advanced setting utility:
I set the temporary metafile size limit to 10MB. Not because of anything I've run into in Arc10 yet, but I did have problems in 9.3 and earlier, and this setting seemed to help.
I set the Output raster buffer size to 32MB in order to improve image export speed.